Peace and Friendship Stadium
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| Location | Neo Faliro, Piraeus, Greece |
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| Coordinates | 37°56′32.91″N 23°40′02.27″E / 37.9424750°N 23.6672972°ECoordinates: 37°56′32.91″N 23°40′02.27″E / 37.9424750°N 23.6672972°E |
| Owner | Greek State |
| Operator | Olympiacos |
| Capacity |
Basketball: 11,600 (permanent seating) 12,000 (including court-side seats - current for Olympiacos games) 14,776 (all collapsible bleachers in use) 14,940 (all collapsible bleachers in use, plus court-side seats) 16,000–17,000 (full configuration of the arena - during EuroBasket 1987) Volleyball: 13,200 (during the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics) Indoor athletics: 10,520 |
| Surface | Parquet |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1983 |
| Opened | February 16, 1985 |
| Renovated | 2002–2004 |
| Construction cost |
€ 25 million (1983) Renovation: € 7.3 million (2002–2004) |
| Architect | Thimios Papagiannis |
| Tenants | |
| Olympiacos | |
The Peace and Friendship Stadium, commonly known by its acronym SEF (Greek: Στάδιο Ειρήνης και Φιλίας, transliterated as Stadio Eirinis kai Filias) is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is located in Piraeus, on the coastal zone of Attica, Greece. The arena is mostly known for being the home to EuroLeague team Olympiacos, and is the central venue of the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex. The arena also contains a training facility. It opened in 1985.
The Peace and Friendship Stadium opened in 1985, and its construction cost was €25,000,000 in 1983 prices. It was designed by the architectural firm "Thymios Papagiannis and Associates". The arena is built opposite to the Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus, located in the western end of the Phaleron Bay, in the coastal zone of Attica. It was inaugurated on February 16, 1985, at the first Panhellenic Athletics Indoor Championship, and hosted the 1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships in March.
In 1991, the arena won the Golden Award from IAKS, the International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities.
Since the 1991–92 season, the Peace and Friendship Stadium has been the home court to Greek League and EuroLeague professional basketball club Olympiacos. The arena was closed from April 2002, to early 2004, for renovation works, at a total cost of €7,300,000, and hosted the indoor volleyball tournament during the 2004 Summer Olympics. For 2001-02 they moved to the Glyfada Arena.
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